How rats were trained to find earthquake survivors After the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria on Monday—with more than 19,000 deaths as of the morning of February 9—rescuers have been racing to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. At some sites, search and rescue dogs are aiding the effort. But future disasters might also get help from an unlikely source - rats that are currently training to work in earthquakes’ aftermath. "Rats are typically quite curious and like to explore -- and that is key for search and...